Improvement in devices for preserving the shape of pantaloon-legs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WM. D. SINCLAIR, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR PRESERVING THE SHAPE 0F PANTALOON-LEGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. L13,7 ll, dated August 2, 1864.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM l). SINOLAIE, ot' Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New` Jersey, have invented a new and useful Device for Keeping the Bottoms of Pantaloons in Proper Shape or Form; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ot this specitcation, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of my invention tittediu the bottom of one leg of a pair of pantaloons, also in section and shown in use; Fig. 2, a detached and diminished plan or top view ofthe saine; Fig. 3, a detached and diminished side view of the same.

Similar letters of ieference indicate like parts.

This invention is designed as a substitute for buckram and canvas lining now used in the bottoms ot' the legs of pantaloons for renderingl the same stift' and keeping them in proper shape over the boot or shoe.

Theinvention consistsin the employment or use ot' a band or hoop of sheet metal, whalebone, or other suitable firm and elastic material fitted to or in the bottoms of the legs ot' the pants, and bent or made in such a sha-pe as to cause the bottoms ot' the legs of the pantaloons to t snugly over the boot or shoe, and to keep the same in proper shape.

A represents a band or hoop, constructed ot' a flat piece ot' sheet metal, whalebone,

wood, or other proper material. Sheet metal will probably be the material used. The band or hoop is bent in elliptical form, the part a designed to encompassthe heel of the boot or shoe being rather narrower than the part l, which covers or extends over theinstep, (see Fig. 3,) and the hoop is bent transversely, so that all parts of it will hang in a vertical position, or nearly so, when fitted in an inclined position in the bottoms of the legs of the pantaloons. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) Tl e hoop may be secured in a hem, c, at the bottoms of the legs dy of the pantaloons or in any other way; the hem would probably be preferable. By this means the bottoms ot' the legs ot' pantaloons may always be kept in proper shape and made to tit snugly over the boot or shoe. The hoops will always retain their elasticity, not losing their shape on account ot' moisture, as is the case with buckram or canvas, while the expense attending their adoption will be quite inappreciable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The employment or use in the bottoms of the legs ot' pantaloons of hoops or bands constructed of sheet metal, whalebone, Wood, or other suitable material possessing a requisite degree of firmness and elasticity, substantially as and for' the purpose specified.

XVM. D. SINCLAIR.

Witnesses WILLIAM GREEN, B. T. OsBoRNE. 

